Spice Girls musical planned by 'Mamma Mia' producer

View full size(AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)The Spice Girls, from left, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell Melanie Chishlom and Victoria Beckham pose in the backstage prior to the start of the Roberto Cavalli Fall/Winter 2008/2009 men's collection, in Milan, Italy on January 14, 2008. The producer of 'Mamma Mia!', a musical incorporating the songs of ABBA, is planning a musical based on the Spice Girls' repertoire.

NEW YORK — If it worked for ABBA, why not the Spice Girls?

Producer
Judy Craymer says her company will create and produce a new stage
musical based on the songs of the girl-power group whose recordings
have sold more than 75 million copies. The show is tentatively titled,
"Viva Forever." No production timetable was announced Thursday.

Craymer produced both the stage and screen versions
of "Mamma Mia!" The musical featuring ABBA songs has been a
mega-success, seen by more than 42 million people worldwide and
grossing more than $2 billion since opening in London in 1999.